Mardi Gras

Although we didn't get to go to any parades this year because of sickness, rain, and Max working, we did enjoy some fun. I decided to make some king cakes for Max's staff to enjoy (be my guinea pigs since I have never made one before). I had to drag my bad back to the store for some ingredients and took to combining 3 different recipes to come up with what I like in a king cake. By the time I was finished Monday evening I was tired but my back was doing better. Who woulda thunk.  I finished decorating them on Tuesday morning before we took them to Max. Jacob was so eager to decorate so I let him have at the left over colored sugar and frosting. He was in heaven, layering and decorating his own king cake (an empty plate, what an imagination). 

Cute boy in heaven! Hey mom, who else used to cock their head in pictures?

His finished product. Notice the empty sugar bowls and frosting bottle. It was hard trying to keep him from licking his fingers like crazy.

A side view of my finished products. Don't worry, I cleaned the beads before decorating with them.

I played around with different flavors and ended up making two double chocolate (not a common flavor), one cream cheese, and one apple cinnamon cream cheese. Everything was homemade, down to the colored sugar (that is why it isn't the best purple). They turned out really well and I also learned what I can do different when I make them next year. The staff loved them and Max was a proud husband. I just loved creating them!!

Jacob loves to look at the "Margridaw" things in Walmart.